tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post7853536516635182002..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: Alaska's coordinator for endangered species: "Polar bears are at an all-time high of abundance level"Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-89357073589800084242011-12-08T23:23:35.018-06:002011-12-08T23:23:35.018-06:00Suomi43:
No, there are not too many polar bears. ...Suomi43:<br /><br />No, there are not too many polar bears. <br /><br />They eat seals, and there are more seals than you can shake a club at.SFTorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350733917304906456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-65346816508771304692011-03-05T12:55:53.480-06:002011-03-05T12:55:53.480-06:00How could the various organizations report the pop...How could the various organizations report the population of bears at 33.5 to 35.5 thousand and the Polar Bear Specialized Group report the population at 20 to 25 thousand? That is a huge discrepancy in the 2 sets of data!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-1140353818098486592011-03-01T01:21:59.562-06:002011-03-01T01:21:59.562-06:00Barren wasteland? It's ice, it's not waste...Barren wasteland? It's ice, it's not waste -- and there's no shortage of life, most of it simply resides underwater and happens to be seasonal.<br /><br />Seals, walruses, birds, arctic foxes, whales..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-61201720186292144972011-02-28T17:23:36.723-06:002011-02-28T17:23:36.723-06:00The Polar Bear Popuation according to the WWF, the...The Polar Bear Popuation according to the WWF, the norwegian Polar Institute and other organizations (I collected the data regionally off the internet)is approximately 33,500 to 35,500 bears.<br /><br />Considering that they are an alpha predator living in a barren wasteland - the only question is - are there too many of them?suomi43noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-14240760314772189762011-02-28T14:19:44.744-06:002011-02-28T14:19:44.744-06:00The correct terminology is that they have exceeded...The correct terminology is that they have exceeded the 'carrying capacity' of their environment. Some speculate that is what the Aztecs did and that they resorted to cannibalism as a source of protein in their diet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com